not receive the calls of problems. >> the napa river in downtown napa stayed within its banks after concerns the river would exceed flood stage this evening. they explain what kept the river from causing a bigger problem for the area. >> this is the pope street bridge. historic spot. and a spot for locals to watch the rain swollen. napa river. >> i think it is -- i think it it is going to flow out nicely and we will be fine by this afternoon. >> sharon graves watched this river flood before. confident it would not happen at this bridge today. but a few miles north, the napa river did escape its banks. >> it is flooded. it is flooded coming down deer park and silver ado and deer park where the peach trees are. >> several feet of water covered this orchard on deer park road. the river crept into vineyards as well. it was partially blocked. upriver, another 2 miles, lodi lane was chosed. most drivers -- closed. most drivers turned away. some did not. >> it looks like we got off pretty easy. we have some flooded vineyards and things like that. >> these are agricultural areas that typica

will hit and we begin with ktvu's lorraine lorraine blanco live in napa. >> reporter: the flood warning runs through the night and so does the sandbag operation. city workers say residents have filled 40,000 tons of sand. near the napa river many spent is their saturday blocking openings in case the river overflows its bank. as for downtown, city leaders tell us napas a years long project is two-thirds complete and believe those measures will protect the area. >> we're looking at our modeling and our flood project improvements and we're anticipating that what we have done to protect the community from flooding will keep the river in its banks within the city based on the projections of rainfall amounts. >> reporter: city leaders and member of the flood district will meet torte. if it rains more than expected they will open a emergency center to send out help wherever needed live in napa, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the russian river is also creating avenuity for sonoma county residents where the river expected to get dangerously close to flood stage in the next few

the north bay, up to 8 inches. almost 5 inches in napa. it helps out quite a bit. look at santa rosa. 178% of average. 160% in san francisco. san jose up almost 130% of average. great news for the water watchers. we've got more rain coming your way. we'll track that next rain into the bay area and let you know how it will impact your day tomorrow. >>> at ktvu.com, you'll find the storm watch tab right there on the home page. you can monitor weather conditions anytime, and look at live radar. at 10:45, more cleanup in the santa rosa mountains. why some projects may not be complete before the next storms. >>> flames broke out about 4:00 this afternoon on ridge drive south of the downtown area. someone was home at the time of the fire, but they got out safely. a cat was also rescued. firefighters are also investigating the exact cause. at this point, it appears the fire started in the attic. >>> continuing coverage now of the story we've been following for you. it involved the assault of a severely autistic teenage girl after she walked away from a facility last week. a man is under arr

ways to connect. rethink possible. reliability and ways to connect. >>> new at 10:00, the napa county sheriff's department is asking for help looking for a man who went missing who has dementia. the license plate, you see it there on the screen is 5she259. >>> we now know the name of the woman who was shot and killed while riding her bike in berkely. the homicide happened just after 11:30 last night, right next to long fellow middle school. the victim is identified as pamela mullins. no arrests have been made at this point. this is berkely's fourth homicide of the year. >>> tonight, the family of a new york man who was pushed to his death from a subway platform in manhattan is questioning why no one came to his aid. a homeless man has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly pushing the man onto the tracks. han was struck and killed by a train. police say the two men argued before han was pushed onto the tracks. the photographer did not go to help, but defended himself saying he couldn't have reached the man in time. he says no one else on the platform helped han, and that

temperatures are in the low 40s. most areas like napa. vallejo, concord, you're going to hit your dewpoint temperature. if you haven't hit it yesterday you will shortly. when that dewpoint temperature gets reached you get fog. we're seeing a lot of fog on the east side of the sacramento valley. it'll start working its way back in. the fog is going to be an issue for your morning and if you're traveling back into the central valley. it was back out there yesterday morning, it'll be back into the valley. i think we will see more dense pockets of fog out toward the san ramon area as well. when i come back, that's the fog, you're thinking about the weekend. i'll have the complete weekend forecast we'll see you back here in a few minutes. >>> this was the night to combine fun and charity in san francisco. >>> live memorial church held its annual holiday festival and jam. there was a lot of music and food to enjoy but there was also a message. clyde founder reverent cecil williams said he wanted people to have fun but at the same time deal with the issues of humanity. he said this is on

sunday morning. lots of mid-30s for santa rosa and napa. san josi forecasted low around 43 degrees. had to snap this picture from this afternoon into the evening hours, beautiful with a few high clouds. you can see the high clouds showing up on the satellite the high pressure continues to build offshore. first thing sunday morning could be some gusty winds especially up in the hills around 30 miles per hour. but some of the stronger winds close to the surface, around the delta, 25 miles per hour. so a bit of a breeze for your sunday. temperatures though will be warming back up around 60-68 degrees. our forecast model showing you most of the organized fog out to our east. as a mentioned a few patches developing in the inland valleys. more sunshine into the evening hours, but breezy out towards to the higher terrain. san josi around 66 and san mateo, 64. here is a look ahead your five- day forecast and into monday, still a fairly nice weather pattern. if you missed the rain already, we're talking about more rain showers by wednesday. a chance of showers into thursday morning. also a major

you would expect. already in the 40s, toward fairfield, and napa. santa rosa, currently 50 degrees. downtown san francisco right now in the upper 50s. forecast headline for tonight. fair skies, chilly out there as we showed you. tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. it will be mild once again for the afternoon hours. the cooling trend, we will be tracking more showers. overnight lows, first thing monday morning, get ready for school and work. temperatures in the upper 30s. san francisco, 46, san jose 44 degrees. steve paulson will be here early tomorrow morning, beginning at 4:30, tracking the cold temperatures that start out near monday. high pressure is still in command of our weather. the dry weather pattern continues. it will be mild to warm for monday. this cooler air begins to sweep into the region. also a few extra high clouds. a major drop off in temperatures by wednesday. by wednesday, we will be tracking rain showers first thing for the morning commute. we could have patchy, dense fog develop, especially toward the central valley. even in some of the inland valleys once again. a

been. they've been moderate to light. santa rosa, but you see it's widely scattered right. there's napa, fairfield, vacaville, slight scattered showers. this system is priming itself it's going to roll on in here you're looking at concord near bay point willow pass. this system is going to ramp up. there's san francisco with a few showers. what we're seeing now it's not a big deal. by the time we get to the morning it's going to increase but it is the morning commute. i'll see you back here in just a little bit. >>> and stay with us for continuing coverage in 12 minutes we're going to take you to the banks of the river still saturated by all the rain. at 10:20, bill comes back with tomorrow's forecast. at 10:45 he'll go beyond tomorrow and tell us about a significant change coming up during the weather. >>> disturbing new information has surfaced tonight regarding the kidnapping and rape of an autistic teenage girl who walked away from a group home in oakland. ktvu's heather holmes is live at opd headquarters and tells us how police tracked down the alleged attacker and what she's learn

to lower 40s in the north bay and inland valleys. natcha 39 -- napa 39. and with temperatures matching the dew points, reports of fog. visibility half mile last check. could be going down in the next few hours. headlines for tonight, fair skies. chilly out there. this weekend, dry and temperatures mild on sunday. the extended, cooling trend and showers across parts of the region. this was the sunset today, beautiful towards the bay. few high clouds. high pressure strengthens off shore. break down your weekend, saturday, after a cold morning, fair skies and sunday as the winds develop we will have a breeze out there, especially sunday morning, 25-30 miles per hour. breezy sunday morning. sunday also the warmest day. mid-60s. here is our forecast model. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, most of the significant clouds to the east. as i showed you, patches inland, north bay, delta and inland valleys. few high clouds out there as well. into the afternoon, partly cloudy skies. looking good for your saturday afternoon. temperatures for tomorrow, not much of a change from today. that means